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Leif Eriksson would explore and document his travels to North Ameria around 1000AD. The land they called Vinland being known now to be Newfoundland. Newfoundland is the only place in North America with physical evidence of Norse settlement but most Inuit men from Labrador share DNA with North western Europeans.
Columbus explored the Caribbean Islands in 1493 and would later sail the South American coast.
John Cabot explored costal North America(Specifically Newfoundland) in 1497AD.